 Perhaps surprisingly, youth failed to beat experience, and despite having a useful lead for the majority of the race, the Army succumbed to a 'Searle finish' c1992 Barcelona.Bourne-Taylor was commissioned into the Life Guards, after the 44-week commissioning course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, as a Second Lieutenant on 12 August 2006 with seniority from 9 February 2003.He was promoted on the same day to Lieutenant with seniority from 9 February 2005.